Your one-stop-shop for global payments
Our vision has been clear since day one — to enable companies to perform global payments conveniently, quickly, and securely from anywhere, at any time.
Our top priorities
Compliance and operational risk management
We aim to be a trusted and reliable business partner to our clients, operating with honesty, and full transparency and striving for the highest standards in reputation. Therefore compliance, operational risk management, and especially money laundering and terrorist financing prevention policy are the main focus areas of Wallter which we are constantly improving and developing.
Secure online transactions
As part of the PSD2 Implementation, we adhere to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). The SCA is implemented within our digital services, providing a secure environment and increasing authorization approvals. As a result, we reduce the risk of fraudulent transactions and increase customers’ confidence in our online transactions.
Our mission
Simplify Banking
Our intuitive platform enables users to operate their accounts without the need for a third party.
Promote Digitization
Our digital platform allows companies and individuals around the world to access their accounts at any given moment.
Custom-Built Offers
We provide multiple global payout solutions tailored according to our clients’ needs.
Guarantee Support
Our team is available via phone or email, making sure you get the best service possible.
We are happy to have built a group of extraordinary talents and fintech professionals who challenge and inspire each other and work for the same purpose — to change the future of global payments.
Managing Team
Isaac is a banking, compliance, and legal professional with a successful track record of over 20 years. His extensive experience, which he has acquired working for various global companies and banks, has been put to practice in venture capital, IT, start-ups, banking, finance, aviation, compliance and corporate banking.
Isaac brings his expertise, knowledge, and network of international banks, affiliates, lawyers, and other service providers to Wallter. He holds LLB and IMBA (cum laude) degrees.
Wallter Timeline
- The Bank of Lithuania issues Wallter’s Electronic Money Institution (EMI) Licence and the company starts operations with 2 employees.
- Wallter team is increasing and local organization starts providing better payments solutions to clients. The Board approves Money laundering and terrorist financing prevention policy and the Compliance department grows up to 4 compliance officers.
- Compliance and operational risk management are the main focus of Wallter. The Board approves detailed new procedures, policies and also updates for existing ones: guides on Transaction monitoring desk reference and Onboarding desk reference, update for Procedure for clients’ risk assessment, a new version of Money laundering and terrorist financing prevention policy, a new procedure for KYC refresh, new Suspicious transaction escalation procedure.
- Wallter forms a Committee on risk and compliance.
- Wallter performs a Company-Wide Risk Assessment.
- Deloitte is contracted to audit Wallter results for the year 2019 and findings are fully implemented into Wallter’s compliance procedures.
- The management team adopts a strategic decision to lower risk acceptance and clients’ portfolio starts to change, the low-risk portfolio is increasing, while the number of risky clients constantly decreases.
- Wallter appoints a new internal auditor and new top management, CCO and Country manager, who starts a company-wide renewal and systematic compliance revision.
- Compliance department continues to grow from 7 professionals in January to 18 people in June, with a confirmed target to reach 25 employees by the end of 2021 – a new head of risk management department is appointed in March 2021.
- The Board approves The Open source check and Retrospective transaction monitoring policies which define procedures on the usage of external open source data for clients’ risks assessment and monitoring transactions retrospectively, also evaluating client risks.
- The Bank of Lithuania publishes a market report, showing Wallter as 3rd largest EMI in Lithuania with an 8.3% market share of the total income of all 80 EMI licensed in the country.
- The Board approves a new management approach, that processes development and sets risk mitigation as a constant task for all major departments.
- Starts an internal reform to update service quality and risk management processes.
- Major areas for improvement – client risk data management, operational risk management, strengthening remote customer identification, internal rules and procedures, growing internal functional teams.
- In cooperation with a third party, Wallter provides more attention to retrospective transaction analysis.
- A new automated risk evaluation system has started its operation.
- In June – July, the Board approves a new policy on customer onboarding procedure and new risk calculation rules. Also, approves two plans: one for seminars and competence building on money laundering and financing of terrorism and the second to strengthen its transaction monitoring procedures and AI tools dedicated to transaction monitoring. Moreover, it is appointed a new Board member responsible for AML/TF risk mitigation measures.
- Internal GDPR project and appointment of external Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) audit by PwC for 2021
- Customers risk revaluation
- Additional investments in the field of money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF) prevention
- Internal audit report for the year 2020
- Additional trainings were organized for Wallter’s employees in the field of ML/TF prevention
- Introduction of a quality control process in the process of various compliance processes.
- Strengthening retrospective monitoring of transactions
- Sanctions screening process improvements and audit
- Crypto trainings for Wallter employees
- Compliance Committee has been formed and changed Risk and Compliance Committee
- The number of employees of the Compliance Department has been increased, and their qualifications have been raised in various internal and external trainings
- Quality assurance of remote identification services provided by UAB iDenfy
- Quality assurance of prepaid card provider CreditCo, UAB
- Enhanced monitoring of card payment transactions
- Process improvements for ongoing client information updates
- Implementation of a new transaction monitoring and automated risk calculator tool i-Spiral
- New risk scoring procedure.
- UK trademark registration
- New services – card processing in partnership with World-Card.com
- Implementation of a new transaction monitoring tool i-Spiral
- Management changes (new Board Members and Deputy CEO)
- GDPR audit
- Audit and improvements to sanctions screening tools
- Starting AEMI licensing in the UK
- Improvements to internal compliance procedures.
- Strengthening Internal Audit function
- Approval of Wallter Risk Management Strategy
- Updates on Wallter Client Onboarding desk reference guide
- Additional implementations on address screening measures
- Improvements on Client Information Form and onboarding process
- Development of automated risk calculator tool i-Spiral
- Internal knowledge sharing sessions of onboarding and transaction monitoring processes
- GDPR Awareness Training and Introduction to DORA and NIS2
- Risk Management Risk Training
- Development of transaction monitoring process
- Efficiency and effectiveness testing of transaction monitoring rules
- Outsourcing new AML/sanctions screening tool GlobalPass
- Approval of Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan
- Performed Internal Audits on internal processes
- Implementation of additional fraud prevention measures
- Improvements of the provision of payment services and the experience of payment service users
- Developing ICT and cyber security areas and appointment of external Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- Upgrade to new sanctions screening tool of LexisNexis
- External AML/CTF ICS audit for 2022
- Raising awareness of employees and clients of Phishing Scams
- Conducting regular security audits and penetration testing
- Updated Risk Management Procedure and EWRA approved
- MLRO report for 2022
- Annual review of client base and portfolio
Our offices
Vilnius
Lithuania
28 Vilniaus Str. 3rd floor
LT-01402
Bucharest
Romania
144 Gheorghe Titeica Str. 1st floor,
20304 District 2
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